Peanut-free at the ballpark: More baseball teams create sections without peanuts for those with allergies

Some Major League Baseball teams have a message for peanuts in their ballparks – you’re out!

The Milwaukee Brewers recently announced they are creating a 100-seat peanut-controlled section at Miller Park for select days this season.

Those with peanut allergies can buy tickets for the peanut-controlled section for games on May 7, July 26, and September 14. Those who buy peanut-free tickets are required to sign a waiver since other areas of the park won’t be free of the traditional baseball snack.

The move came after an elementary school student with peanut allergies wrote a letter to Brewers CEO Rick Schlesinger asking for an area of the ballpark for kids with peanut allergies. The Brewers surprised the student at his school and announced the creation of the peanut-free zone.

Approximately 6 to 8 percent of children and 3 to 4 percent of adults have food allergies. Symptoms can range from mild irritation to hives, swelling of the tongue and throat, vomiting, dizziness and even anaphylaxis and death.